How to use your Verizon branded Nokia Lumia 822 as an unlocked GSM phone

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10 Feb 2013, 22:26posted on

We've mentioned it before, but there is a way to use the Verizon branded Nokia Lumia 822 as an unlocked GSM phone and all you need to do is slip in your SIM card and make sure that your carrier supports the correct bands; if you can get the phone cheap enough, you can end up using it on a low-priced pre-paid carrier and save some nice money...

What happened to the rumor of an impending release of a flagship Nokia phone on VZW? I hope the L822 isn't the 'flagship'. Cause if it is, the folks over at AT&T will be wetting themselves from laughing so hard.

Hoping you can help clarify this for me. I currently have Straight talk using their standard SIM card in a phone. My friend gave me her Verizon Nokia Lumia 822 phone. The SIM card I have will not work with the phone. On Straight Talk.com They have At&t micro cards. Is that the same as the micro card in this Verizon phone? When I contacted Straight talk about using this phone, they told me I couldn't. What I am understanding by reading this is that I can buy the At & t micro card directly from Straight Talk and it WILL work in this phone? Is that true?

If you bought a Straight Talk phone, the SIM in it won't work in other phones. It's locked the the phone it came in. However, if you buy the Straight Talk SIM alone from the website or local Walmart store, it will work in any GSM phone. Hope that helps.

That is correct. Straight Talk encrypts their sim cards so a ST sim cant be handed over to someone else but buying a new sim would allow your lumina to work on their network. I work for one of the companies being talked about in this article. which one doesnt matter but i will say that all verizon phones are in fact unlocked and can be used anywhere. when verizon receives the phone however, they lock it themselves. they will give the unlock code for a price. newer models can run $100 for the codes but older devices are free. The Lumina is a great loophole in that Microsoft and Nokia built the phone the way they did and it was never locked down by verizon.

Okay I have a straight talk zte majesty and I want to use the Verizon L822 my current phone has no sim card if I purchase the micro don't from straight talk can I put it in the lumia 822 and transfer my straight talk service to that?? Straight talk is telling me I can't

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